Past, Present and Future



See:
http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000016156/
http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci896316,00.html
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/print/print.aspx?print_page=%2Fi5%2Ffebruary04%2Fdeveloper%2F8421printp1.aspx&string_referer=/i5/february04/developer/8421p5.aspx
http://www.itjungle.com/mpo/mpo022802-story06.html
http://magic2java.com/14.html
http://www.jenasys.com/E_rpg_to_java.html

The question is how to re-use legacy RPG code?
Or how to create Java out of RPG?
And how readable/maintainable is this code then?
And without selling your soul to the devil himself (meaning third parties)?
Why does IBM not offer the tools needed?
Or do they and why did I not know of them?

See this magic2java price-list:

How much does it cost?
There is a one-time fixed price conversion fee per application. We automatically calculate this fee for you using the following pricing structure:
$1.00 per configuration file (magic.ini, keyboard mapping, font file, etc…)
$1.00 per task;
$1.00 per form;
$0.50 for each operation (we do not charge for remark and blank operations);
$0.50 per expression;
$0.25 per form control;
$0.25 for each non-default property;
$0.25 per file;
$0.25 per field;
$0.25 per index;
$0.25 per virtual;
$0.25 per IO definition;
$0.25 per DB table definition;
$0.25 per sort definition;
$0.25 per user event definition;
$0.50 per user-defined handler (we do not charge for the standard handlers);
$0.25 per SQL Where definition;
$0.25 per Right definition;
$0.25 per Model definition;
$0.25 per Help definition;
$0.25 per Menu entry;
The minimum conversion fee is $25,000.